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絵本通俗三国志 4編 巻之3

葛飾戴斗 画 · 岡田茂兵衛 · 8 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) from the Edo period, illustrated by Katsushika Taito and published by Okada Mohei, retelling the Three Kingdoms romance for a general reading audience. The pictures are black-and-white line prints with dense hatching and crowded compositions of armoured warriors, horses and landscape, which a designer could use for bold graphic linework, dramatic action poses, and patterned rock and foliage textures.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library